Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . PART OF A SPIKE OF L. SZOVITSIANUM; CITRON YELLOW; ORANGESCARLET ANTHERS, {Foui- inches wide.). u LILIUM PYRENAICUM 33 LILIUM PYRENAICUM (Pyrenees), MartagonThis yellow Lily is often found in cottage Lily is more easily grown, but of all its kind it isperhaps the least desirable, for among Lilies it isnot of much beauty, and it has a strong faint dis-agreeable smell which makes it unwelcome in mostgardens. The stems are about eightee
Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . PART OF A SPIKE OF L. SZOVITSIANUM; CITRON YELLOW; ORANGESCARLET ANTHERS, {Foui- inches wide.). u LILIUM PYRENAICUM 33 LILIUM PYRENAICUM (Pyrenees), MartagonThis yellow Lily is often found in cottage Lily is more easily grown, but of all its kind it isperhaps the least desirable, for among Lilies it isnot of much beauty, and it has a strong faint dis-agreeable smell which makes it unwelcome in mostgardens. The stems are about eighteen inches highwith some ten flowers on each. LILIUM CARNIOLICUM (South-Eastern Europe), Martagon A bright turn-cap Lily, something like chalcedonicunijin colour varying from orange to scarlet. The stemsare from two to three feet high. We hear of it doingwell in strong clay in Northumberland. LILIUM POLYPHYLLUM (Western Himalayas),Martagon This pretty Lily is not always easy to obtain, butif a better supply were imported, or our growersare able to increase it, it should prove a good plantfor our gardens. The white or pale yellow sweet-scented flower is marked with violet, and is in a loosecluster of four to six, on a stem from two to fivefee
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